浦东中口少年班讨论帖

1.1 Crime is a very important factor in evaluating the living environment of any city. High criminal rate makes a city less appealing to both visitors and residents.

1.2 A survey finds that people who listen to iPod might be an easy target for robbery, just like people who wear Nike or Northface, as they usually have some money, and are less attentive to what's going on around them. 

1.3 Illegal immigrants might bring more crime to our community, but they also bring here labor force that our economy needs.

1.4 Intelligent crime over the Internet is on the rise. Some people attempt to steal others' bank account or credit card numbers and passwords, using the latest technology available to them.

1.5 Corporal punishment is controversial. Some argue that children should be allowed more freedom, while others insist that corporal punishment is necessary in correcting problem children's bad behavior.

     1月14日作业： 

      1. 完成家校练习册U2单元的内容。

       2. 完成讲义p8的q27-30的内容（音频如下）。

       3. 5个句子如下：

2.1 The reason why people go on holiday varies widely. Some are for sight-seeing, some for thrill-seeking, while others just hope to get some experience different from their routine life.

3.1 An independent commission is set up to study the environmental impact of Maglev. Local residents have expressed their concern via TV interviews and other news reports.

3.2 It is very dangerous when a driver has trouble in keeping his eyes on the road and gets too close to another car. A new device will soon be tested to warn the driver and automatically stop the car under such circumstances.

3.3 As the car industry develops, traffic accidents have become as familiar as the common cold, yet their cause and control remains a serious problem.

3.4 A green car, appearing at the Car Show in Paris in 1995, demonstrated efficiency and cleanness with a top speed of 220 kilometers per hour. It has less impact on the environment, uses less resource, creates less waste, and is more energy efficient.

3.5 Although some airlines prevent passengers from using portable electronic devices during take-off and landing, few have given it a total ban, as many passengers may prefer to work during flight.

        1月16日作业：

4.1 Increasingly, cities are suffering the problems of pollution. By 2010, more than on in every three urban dwellers have to breathe unhealthy air, and at least 250 million do not have access to safe drinking water.

4.2 The Kyoto Agreement was signed in Japan in 1997. Its goal was to cut the emission of carbon dioxide worldwide, which many scientists say is a major cause of global warming.

4.3 Over-fishing endangers our sea and world. It would make sense to give the fish enough time to recover, grow to full size to reproduce, and then catch them in a way that doesn’t kill other innocent sea life.

4.4 The problem of waste disposal is not going to disappear any time. In fact, it is growing by the minute. In Japan alone, consumers throw away 20 million TVs, washing machines, refrigerators and air-conditioners every year.

4.5 Last year, Sony offered to recycle the used TVs, computers, and other appliances and electronic devices in the US. Instead of shipping them back to Japan, consumers can simply drive to specified outposts and get their stuff safely recycled.

       1月17日作业:

          音频已上传，见文章最下面。。：）

5.1 Information technology has come along and changed everything in our society. Today, in almost every industry of the world, there are many examples of enterprises applying this technology to get competitive advantage and to create challenges for their competitors.  

5.2 There’s no doubt that computer has enlarged man’s working capacity as well as his intellectual capacity enormously. However, it also brings danger to physical and mental well-being of those people who work at computer terminals.  

5.3 Every advance in technology of communication is a setback to the intimacy of human interaction. With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.  

5.4 The emergence of e-commerce and the fast-growing Internet economy are providing new growth opportunities in China’s domestic and foreign trade.

5.5 Of course our high-tech society offers new high-tech addictions, like video games and online chat rooms, but people do have a long history of getting addicted to things, such as shopping and gambling.

         1月18日作业：

6.1 There are many reasons why people leave their jobs. Maybe a higher salary offered in the new job, or possibly it’s just career advancement. But personally speaking, I think bad management is the main reason why people leave their jobs.

6.2 Today, maybe the job search and application process are very much the same, but the tools used are much more advanced, and they require more skills and expertise.

6.3 A new study of American women working in the finance industry show women continue to believe they face barriers in the workplace. Women and men also vary widely in their views of each other. Only 18% of women say opportunities for promotion have improved greatly over the last 5 years, while 50% of men think such opportunities have improved for women.

6.4 I’ve always felt that there are two equally important parts to success. Step one is to create your own business or to get yourself involved in a career. And step two is to exceed everyone’s expectations. If you miss either step, you’re hosed.

6.5 Nowadays, school leavers have more choices than the previous generation, yet the competition they have to face is also much more intense, as our job market gets increasingly international and competitive.

     1月20日作业

8.1 Regardless of your age, you can make a number of important changes in your current lifestyle. to make you feel better physically and mentally. Recent researches have found that exercise and better nutrition can help individuals significantly improve their health. 

8.2 Activities such as swimming, jogging and running are sometimes called “aerobic”. That’s to say the body uses oxygen to produce the energy needed for the activity.

8.3 Doctors are starting to believe that laughter not only improves our state of mind, but actually affects our entire physical well-being. Each time we laugh, we feel better and more content.

8.4 Stress is a natural part of everyday life, and there’s no way to avoid it. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.

8.5 Vitamins are chemical substances that we need in order to stay healthy. Most types of vitamins can be found in various food sources. If we have a balanced diet, we’ll keep fit.